In an article in the Sydney Morning Herald by Peter Hartcher
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/the-one-bright-spot-amid-the-worlds-problems-20171023-gz67gh.html
I found the following about Sharia law:
” . . . an international group of psychologists interviewed some 80 men who had fought with or lived under Daesh and published their conclusions last month in the journal Nature Human Behaviour.Daesh, they said, “has imbued a generation of young Sunni Arabs with a strict belief in Sharia law as the only way to govern society; and this is a value they are willing to fight and die for. They described strict Sharia as the only way to eliminate oppression and corruption, and many believe that ISIS’s foreign fighters truly fought for this.” Unless governments can show their people a better way to wipe out oppression and corruption, the appeal of Islamist extremism will live on.”
To my mind the key words were “oppression and corruption”. I googled these two words and ended up reading this article:
http://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/oppression-power
“Overcoming Oppression with Power” was the heading. It was interesting what was said about Nelson Mandela’s strategies. Some very interesting, mind boggling details were mentioned. The article was written by Morton Deutsch. Here is what it says about Morton Deutsch’s work in the field of conflict resolution.
http://www.beyondintractability.org/contributors/morton-deutsch
“Morton Deutsch is one of the founding fathers of the field of conflict resolution, specializing in the psychology of conflict. Currently Professor Deutsch is the E.L. Thorndike Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He founded and is still active in Columbia’s International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution. He is the author of countless articles and books, including the 1973 Resolution of Conflict, which is still in use today.”
All this shows me that in academia people know so much about such subjects like “oppression and corruption” as well as conflict resolutions.
Why is it that most people are not much aware of that knowledge? Should not at least the people in power be made aware of all that knowledge?
AuntyUta 